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EFFECTS OF FEEDBACK AND SELF‐MONITORING ON HEAD TRAUMA YOUTHS' CONVERSATION SKILLS
Author(s) -
Gajar Anna,
Schloss Patrick J.,
Schloss Cynthia N.,
Thompson Cynthia K.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1984.17-353
Subject(s) - conversation , psychology , autism , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , applied psychology , communication
The effects of feedback and self‐recording on the small group conversational behaviors of two head trauma youths were evaluated. Feedback involved providing clients a light signal corresponding to positive or negative social interactions. The self‐monitoring procedure required that the clients flip a switch corresponding with their positive or negative interactions. An A 1 ‐B 1 ‐C 1 ‐A 2 ‐C 2 ‐B 2 design in which the feedback phase (B) and self‐monitoring phase (C) were alternated to control for order effects demonstrated the efficacy of both interventions. Performance gains were also shown to generalize to less structured situations, bringing the clients' level of positive responses into a range established with a social comparison group.